Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’ |
| 2 | It is hardly surprising given the enhanced status , power and influence which the nineteenth century had brought , that Nonconformists had come to identify the Christian religion with the values and secular goals of their times , the most important of which was an acceptance of the inevitability of progress through change . |
| 3 | ‘ The learned judge left the case to the jury , remarking upon the tender years of the girl , her situation under the care and authority of the prisoner and his wife , and the authority and influence which the prisoner had over her in the absence of his wife . |
| 4 | He thought he 'd find a rich one and sell him the cross for a good price . |
| 5 | Should she do a U-turn and sell him the house ? she wondered . |
| 6 | I found it interesting to take one person , say the rector , Charles Henstock , and make him the chief character in one book and follow his fortunes , as I had in the first book about the great Mrs Curdle . |
| 7 | So I 'd ask you Madam to go along with what I 'm suggesting and make him the subject of an absolute discharge so that he does n't have any previous court er any , any convictions or anything like that on his record . |
| 8 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
| 9 | IT IS not a new idea to take an impressionable , imaginative girl and make her the saviour of a man on the run , providing food , warmth and emotional support . |
| 10 | I declare she 'll outshine every woman in London and make you the envy of every man who meets her . |
| 11 | Let's work together on this one and make it the success it deserves to be . |
| 12 | So let's really all commit ourselves to the national raffle and make it the biggest and most successful raffle Save The Children has ever had . |
| 13 | But that 's the real world and we have to be positive and make it the best for them as it can be , with love , affection and trust . ’ |
| 14 | And bring me the rum . |
| 15 | When my father is drunk and beats me , he does it because I wo n't go out and beg in the streets and bring him the money I get . |
| 16 | If you remember , yesterday afternoon , after the funeral , Francis asked me to lock the studio and bring him the key . |
| 17 | With this in mind we take a look at the kind of thing the cold weather walker should be wearing on page 26 and bring you the latest thermals on page 24 . |
| 18 | WOW ! is a new three-part course for teenagers , designed to meet the challenges of teaching young beginners and bring you the rewards of success . |
| 19 | Let his man make his way back there , and let me have the third horse and bring you the quickest way to Ullesthorpe . |
| 20 | ‘ And when he finds it , then you want us to kill him and bring you the Volvo and the Time Sprout . ’ |
| 21 | Why do you stay in Sècheron and deny yourself the pleasures of Geneva ? ’ |
| 22 | They serve as a valuable corrective to approaches of the kind that a behaviourist view might encourage , approaches which impose conformity on learners , reduce the scope of their participation as persons , and deny them the exercise of individual initiative in the learning process . |
| 23 | The children are going to have them at home anyway , so if the teachers deny themselves this extra resource , and deny themselves the experience which the children can bring , I think they 're cutting themselves off from a tremendous source of encouragement and motivation . |
| 24 | I claim a right to live on my land , and accord you the privilege to live on yours . |
| 25 | If there was a moon she used to go out into the yard , and look at the moon , and prophesy what the world was going to be like tomorrow . |
| 26 | This means that she falls asleep in the car on the way to the airport and can not be woken except by a party of electricians returning from Corfu , who put her in a baggage trolley and push her the length of the terminal building at speeds of up to fifteen miles per hour . |
| 27 | Most fax software lets you define a group of names in the fax phone book , and send them the same fax at the click of a button . |
| 28 | I would be grateful if you could look into the matter and send me the duplicate Agreement as soon as possible , as I have your copy of the tape ( VM on IBM at 1600 bpi ) ready to despatch to you on return of the documents . |
| 29 | Please accept my application and enrol me as a member of The Literary Guild and send me the introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 30 | Please accept my application and enrol me into Quality Paperbacks Direct , and send me the five introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |